Olympic Champions on Podium for World Championship Kilometre

 

Day 2, March 25 | 2005 UCI World Track Championships

 

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Jason Queally and Chris Hoy either side of new World Kilometre champion, Theo Bos.

Great Britain's Olympic Champions from the last two Olympic Games, Jason Queally and Chris Hoy, finished second and third tonight behind Holland's Theo Bos in the 2005 World Track Championships in Los Angeles. The duo, who had already won a gold the night before in the Team Sprint, added to their impressive medal haul in the event that has made both of them house hold names in Great Britain, the Kilometre.

 It was Jason Queally who set the competition alight early on, smashing not only the track record and the fastest time up until that point, but also his personal best to record a 1.1.230, sensational time for a track that many regard as slow. When the time was announced, the packed crowd, standing room only in the venue, went wild giving him a standing ovation.

 More riders came and went and it wasn't until the second last rider, Theo Bos crossed the line to record a 1.01.165 that Jason's time was beaten. Many expected Chris Hoy who was off last as defending champion to beat Theo's time but the Olympic champion just couldn't manage to get the speed he has had before and he finished with the third best time of 1.02.262, well below his personal best set in Athens.

Afterwards, Chris was disappointed, saying "I think I would have been against it tonight regardless of the two rides by Jason and Theo which were phenomenal. Before the start I kept reminding myself not to worry about anyone else and do my own ride. I don't know why but I didn't have that sharpness in my legs tonight. I didn't have the drive the whole way round, I struggled to get on top of the gear and just didn't get on it at all. That's life I suppose".

Asked was he pleased to see two Brits on the podium, he said "It would have been nice to have Jason on the top step and I'm disappointed with my ride but pleased for Jason. If anyone was going to beat me, it would have been good for it to be Jason but we'll be back next year and it will make the Commonwealth Games next year interesting." Jason is in the one to beat now so the pressure will be on his shoulders."

I then didn't have to go far to talk to Chris Hoy's GB teammate Jason Queally who had beaten the 2004 Olympic Champion to win a silver medal, his second

Worlds medal after the other in 2000 at Manchester. "I didn't expect to be in this position to be honest. I knew I had good form for the Team Sprint but 2nd man in the Team Sprint and the Kilo are a slightly different kettle of fish. Everyone was saying you will do really well and I was like, we'll see. I just went out there and committed myself to the job. That's what everyone wanted from me, like Shane, Steve, Dave. They wanted me to commit to it on that first lap."

"There was some pace judgement in there but it wasn't the old Jason pace judgement. I had to commit myself and make sure I got everything out which I did. If I had ridden at 110 per cent, I would have blown on the first lap but I was pretty much on my limit. It was different to how I had ridden the kilo before for sure. So yes, I was disappointed to be so close, 600 hundredths of a second off gold, but it was an awesome ride by Theo. He did a 17.9 for the first lap which is why he won basically."

"If you had asked me a couple of days ago, 'I'll give you a rainbow jersey and a second, what would you think of that', I would have taken your hand off. It was disappointing because I'm no spring chicken. The great thing is we have the Commonwealth Games coming up and I'm looking forward to that because although
it would have been nice to get a rainbow jersey here, it's the Commonwealths that I am really going for. And if I can get into the Team Sprint for Beijing and the Kilo, that would be fantastic."

"Chris though will be disappointed. I know what he has gone through as he's been a busy busy boy since the Olympics. Until you go through it, its hard to know what its all about. This will be a learning curve for Chris and he's fighter, he'll be back I know he will. So look out Commonwealth Games, Scotland versus England." Asked did this make up for not getting a medal in Athens, he says "If I had won here, I might have been upset actually. It sounds bizarre but if I had come along and been World Champion I would be looking back and thinking what might have been in Athens. It's a double edged sword."

 

The likeable young Dutchman Teun Mulder wins the World Keirin Championship whilst The two medals were the only ones after Jamie Staff was unlucky in the Keirin not to get one after making the final and riding each race like the seasoned pro he is. In the final, he did most things right, and he was giving as good he got in an aggressive race, but when he found himself boxed in, there was little he could do and he finished fourth. All I have got to say is that the other had better watch out in the Sprint!

Ross Edgar and Matthew Crampton rode well with Crampton showing he was far from outclassed despite his young age in the repechage from round 1. Edgar meanwhile failed to make the final but did finish second to Olympic medallist Rene Wolff to finish 8th in the competition. In the Womens Points, Emma Davies tried many times to get away bit only 1 rider managed to do that. Each time Emma made a break for it, she was brought back and in the sprints didn't quite have the sprint to get the points required for a medal. It was however a gutsy ride from the rider more known for her pursuit results.

Emma Davies on the attack for the fifth or sixth time trying to get away but unable to break the string that keeps her from gaining the lap she wanted.


RESULTS & PHOTOS
Here are some more photos from Day 2. I still have to go through the 2,000 odd I took yet and they will be posted as soon as possible.

Podium for the Mens Keirin... Barry Foorde, Teun Mulder and Shane Kelly.



Ross Edgar in the Minor final just beaten by Germany's Rene Wolff.



Podium for the Mens Individual Pursuit, Sergi Escobar, Robert Bartko and Levi Heimans.



Womens Points Race podium, Olga Slyusareva, Vera Carrara and Katherine Bates.

Still a teenager, Matthew Crampton was not far from the rest in the repecharge for round 1.

Crash, bang wallop ....

 

 

 

 

This was the moment when I should have run instead of pointing the camera at two riders crashing at 45mph plus. The sequence shows former World Keirin Champion Jobie Dajka and Arnaud Tourant hitting the deck in the sprint during a round of the Keirin. I'm not sure what cause Dajka to crash but what I do know is it demonstrates what a dangerous area it is to photograph from as the next frame was of the ground as the two of them came sliding into me and another photographer trying to climb the fence, or in my case, the lap board which unfortunately hit me in the head where as I don't think I was actually hit by either rider. Dam lap boards! They came to rest a few feet from where I was standing and Dajka lost a lot of lycra and Tournant was on the ground for a long while.

RESULTS

Kilometre
1. Theo Bos (Netherlands) 17.912 (1) 31.451 (1) 45.696 (1) 1.01.165 (58.857km/h)
2. Jason Queally (Great Britain) 18.296 (4) 31.845 (2) 46.008 (2) 1.01.230 (58.794km/h)
3. Chris Hoy (Great Britain) 18.241 (2) 32.162 (5) 46.703 (4) 1.02.262 (57.820km/h)
4. Ben Kersten (Australia) 18.291 (3) 31.870 (3) 46.411 (3) 1.02.412 (57.681km/h)
5. Stefan Nimke (Germany) 19.162 (13) 33.206 (11) 47.664 (9) 1.02.812 (57.313km/h)
6. Carsten Bergemann (Germany) 19.144 (12) 33.351 (12) 47.837 (10) 1.03.161 (56.997km/h)
7. Fran篩s Pervis (France) 18.382 (5) 32.083 (4) 46.773 (5) 1.03.177 (56.982km/h)
8. Alois Kankovsky (Czech Republic) 18.899 (10) 32.659 (8) 47.242 (6) 1.03.279 (56.890km/h)
9. Tim Veldt (Netherlands) 18.707 (9) 32.651 (7) 47.329 (7) 1.03.330 (56.845km/h)
10. Herv頇ane (France) 18.512 (7) 32.679 (9) 47.657 (8) 1.04.038 (56.216km/h)
11. Kamil Kuczynski (Poland) 19.236 (14) 33.569 (13) 48.651 (13) 1.04.631 (55.700km/h)
12. Didier Henriette (France) 18.450 (6) 32.592 (6) 47.978 (11) 1.04.925 (55.448km/h)
13. Travis Smith (Canada) 18.524 (8) 32.819 (10) 48.299 (12) 1.05.263 (55.161km/h)
14. Yusho Oikawa (Japan) 19.470 (17) 34.124 (17) 49.488 (16) 1.05.842 (54.676km/h)
15. Athanasios Mantzouranis (Greece) 19.437 (15) 33.799 (15) 49.204 (14) 1.06.210 (54.372km/h)
16. Vitaliy Kulachkovskiy (Ukraine) 19.135 (11) 33.699 (14) 49.354 (15) 1.06.271 (54.322km/h)
17. Kin Chung Wong (Hong-Kong) 19.888 (18) 34.144 (18) 49.625 (17) 1.06.484 (54.148km/h)
18. Kleanthis Bargkas (Greece) 19.443 (16) 33.912 (16) 49.663 (18) 1.07.102 (53.649km/h)

Womens Point Race
1. Vera Carrara (Italy) 31 pts

One lap behind
2. Olga Slyusareva (Russia) 29
3. Katherine Bates (Australia) 21
4. Li Meifang (China) 10
5. Adrie Visser (Netherlands) 10
6. Joanne Kiesanowski (New Zealand) 7
7. Mandy Poitras (Canada) 5
8. Emma Davies (Great Britain) 4
9. Charlotte Becker (Germany) 4
10. Belem Guerrero (Mexico) 4
11. Lyudmyla Vypyraylo (Ukraine) 3
12. Tatsiana Sharakova (Belarus) 2
13. Erin Mirabella (USA)
14. Katarzyna Jagusiak (Poland)
15. Wan Yiu Wong (Hong-Kong) -20

Sprints (GB Only)
70 laps to go
1. Olga Slyusareva (Russia) 5 pts
2. Adrie Visser (Netherlands) 3
3. Emma Davies (Great Britain) 2

Final
1. Olga Slyusareva (Russia) 5 pts
2. Vera Carrara (Italy) 3
3. Emma Davies (Great Britain) 2
4. Charlotte Becker (Germany) 1

Mens Keirin

First round
Heat 1
1. Jos頁ntonio Villanueva Trinidad (Spain)
2. Jamie Staff (Great Britain)
3. Pavel Buran (Czech Republic)
4. Konstandinos Pentarakis (Greece)
5. Arnaud Tournant (France)
DNF Michael Rodriguez (Puerto Rico) (crashed out)
DNF Christian Stahl (USA) (crashed out)

Heat 2
1. Ren頗olff (Germany)
2. Ross Edgar (Great Britain)
3. Jos頁ntonio Escuredo Raimondez (Spain)
4. Micka묠Bourgain (France)
5. Lukasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)
6. Giddeon Massie (USA)
7. Kazunari Watanabe (Japan)

Heat 3
1. Jobie Dajka (Australia)
2. Barry Forde (Barbados)
3. Ivan Vrba (Czech Republic)
4. Jan Van Eijden (Germany)
5. Sergey Ruban (Russia)
6. Kin Chung Wong (Hong-Kong)
7. Stoller C餲ic (Switzerland)

Heat 4
1. Teun Mulder (Netherlands)
2. Shane John Kelly (Australia)
3. Josiah Ng On Lam (Malaysia)
4. Vladimir Kiriltsev (Russia)
5. Matthew Crampton (Great Britain)
6. Kasper Jessen (Denmark)
7. Andrei Vynokurov (Ukraine)
8. Dean Edwards (South Africa)


First round repechage
Heat 1
1. Jan Van Eijden (Germany)
2. Pavel Buran (Czech Republic)
3. Sergey Ruban (Russia)
4. Dean Edwards (South Africa)
5. Giddeon Massie (USA)
DNS Michael Rodriguez (Puerto Rico)

Heat 2
1. Jos頁ntonio Escuredo Raimondez (Spain)
2. Vladimir Kiriltsev (Russia)
3. Lukasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)
4. Andrei Vynokurov (Ukraine)
DNS Christian Stahl (USA)

Heat 3
1. Arnaud Tournant (France)
2. Stoller C餲ic (Switzerland)
3. Kasper Jessen (Denmark)
REL Ivan Vrba (Czech Republic)
DNF Konstandinos Pentarakis (Greece)

Heat 4
1. Micka묠Bourgain (France)
2. Josiahng On Lam (Malaysia)
3. Kazunari Watanabe (Japan)
4. Matthew Crampton (Great Britain)
5. Kin Chung Wong (Hong Kong)


Second round
Heat 1
1. Teun Mulder (Netherlands)
2. Barry Forde (Barbados)
3. Jan Van Eijden (Germany)
4. Jos頁ntonio Villanueva Trinidad (Spain)
5. Ross Edgar (Great Britain)
6. Micka묠Bourgain (France)

Heat 2

1. Shane John Kelly (Australia)
2. Jamie Staff (Great Britain)
3. Jos頁ntonio Escuredo Raimondez (Spain)
4. Ren頗olff (Germany)
5. Arnaud Tournant (France) (crash)
6. Jobie Dajka (Australia) (crash)

Final 1-6
1. Teun Mulder (Netherlands)
2. Barry Forde (Barbados)
3. Shane John Kelly (Australia)
4. Jamie Staff (Great Britain)
5. Jan Van Eijden (Germany)
6. Jos頁ntonio Escuredo Raimondez (Spain)

Final 7-12
7. Rene Wolff (Germany)
8. Ross Edgar (Great Britain)
9. Jose Antonio Villanueva Trinidad (Spain)
10. Mickael Bourgain (France)
DNS Jobie Dajka (Australia) (crash)
DNS Arnaud Tournant (France) (crash)

Mens Individual Pursuit

Qualifying
1. Robert Bartko (Germany) 1.08.813 (1) 2.14.038 (1) 3.19.623 (1) 4.25.807 (54.174km/h)
2. Sergi Escobar Roure (Spain) 1.09.990 (6) 2.14.827 (2) 3.20.947 (2) 4.28.858 (53.559km/h)
3. Levi Heimans (Netherlands) 1.10.912 (12) 2.16.479 (6) 3.21.824 (3) 4.28.943 (53.542km/h)
4. Alexander Serov (Russia) 1.10.846 (10) 2.15.642 (5) 3.22.767 (4) 4.30.437 (53.247km/h)
5. Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukraine) 1.09.722 (4) 2.15.350 (4) 3.23.095 (5) 4.31.243 (53.088km/h)
6. Marc Ryan (New Zealand) 1.11.569 (15) 2.18.148 (14) 3.25.263 (12) 4.31.887 (52.963km/h)
7. Fabien Sanchez (France) 1.10.247 (7) 2.16.816 (9) 3.24.559 (11) 4.32.087 (52.924km/h)
8. Mark Jamieson (Australia) 1.09.107 (2) 2.16.494 (7) 3.23.653 (8) 4.32.146 (52.912km/h)
9. Sebastian Cancio (Argentina) 1.11.339 (13) 2.17.282 (12) 3.23.532 (7) 4.32.231 (52.896km/h)
10. Jens Mouris (Netherlands) 1.10.872 (11) 2.16.852 (10) 3.23.284 (6) 4.32.969 (52.753km/h)
11. Robert Bengsch (Germany) 1.10.390 (8) 2.16.507 (8) 3.23.985 (10) 4.33.452 (52.660km/h)
12. Hayden Godfrey (New Zealand) 1.09.620 (3) 2.17.013 (11) 3.25.937 (14) 4.35.154 (52.334km/h)
13. Yuriy Yuda (Kazakhstan) 1.10.637 (9) 2.17.442 (13) 3.25.692 (13) 4.36.422 (52.094km/h)
14. Robert Hayles (Great Britain) 1.09.723 (5) 2.14.975 (3) 3.23.760 (9) 4.36.533 (52.073km/h)
15. Alexander Khatuntsev (Russia) 1.12.729 (17) 2.19.493 (15) 3.27.818 (15) 4.38.511 (51.703km/h)
16. Alessandro Mazzolani (Italy) 1.12.124 (16) 2.22.882 (18) 3.33.546 (18) 4.42.351 (51.000km/h)
17. Aliaksandr Lisouski (Belarus) 1.11.348 (14) 2.20.794 (16) 3.31.157 (16) 4.42.573 (50.960km/h)
18. Robert Lea (USA) 1.12.770 (18) 2.22.268 (17) 3.32.589 (17) 4.44.120 (50.682km/h)
19. Kei Uchida (Japan) 1.13.073 (19) 2.24.055 (19) 3.36.852 (19) 4.47.601 (50.069km/h)
20. Roman Kononenko (Ukraine) 1.13.557 (20) 2.25.175 (20) 3.39.124 (20) 4.52.930 (49.158km/h)

Gold/Silver
1. Robert Bartko (Germany) 1:09.338 (1) 2:15.244 (2) 3:21.355 (1) 4.27.732 (53.785km/h)
2. Sergi Escobar Roure (Spain) 1:09.666 (2) 2:14.715 (1) 3:21.450 (2) 4.29.930 (53.347km/h)

Bronze
1. Levi Heimans (Netherlands) 1:11.792 (2) 2:18.141 (2) 3:23.702 (1) 4.30.707 (53.194km/h)
2. Alexander Serov (Russia) 1:11.456 (1) 2:17.085 (1) 3:24.403 (2) 4.33.539 (52.643km/h)

Womens Sprint (Day 1 of 2)

Qualifying flying 200m
1. Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus) 11.278 (63.841km/h)
2. Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands) 11.386 (63.235km/h)
3. Shuang Guo (China) 11.494 (62.641km/h)
4. Tamilia Abassova (Russia) 11.532 (62.434km/h)
5. Lori-Ann Muenzer (Canada) 11.543 (62.375km/h)
6. Willy Kanis (Netherlands) 11.554 (62.316km/h)
7. Clara Sanchez (France) 11.617 (61.978km/h)
8. Kerrie Meares (Australia) 11.650 (61.802km/h)
9. Elisa Frisoni (Italy) 11.660 (61.749km/h)
10. Anna Meares (Australia) 11.686 (61.612km/h)
11. Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) 11.725 (61.407km/h)
12. Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania) 11.752 (61.266km/h)
13. Jennie Reed (USA) 11.775 (61.146km/h)
14. Tian Fang (China) 11.796 (61.037km/h)
15. Oxana Grishina (Russia) 11.858 (60.718km/h)
16. Nivert C鬩ne (France) 11.933 (60.336km/h)
17. Susann Panzer (Germany) 11.957 (60.215km/h)
18. Rebecca Conzelman (USA) 11.985 (60.075km/h)
19. Ioulia Aroustamova (Russia) 12.301 (58.531km/h)
20. Alena Prudnikova (Russia) 12.318 (58.451km/h)

1/8 finals
Heat 1
1. Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus) 12.037 (59.815km/h)
2. Nivert C鬩ne (France)

Heat 2
1. Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands) 12.495 (57.623km/h)
2. Oxana Grishina (Russia)

Heat 3
1. Shuang Guo (China) 12.396 (58.083km/h)
2. Tian Fang (China)

Heat 4
1. Tamilia Abassova (Russia) 11.969 (60.155km/h)
2. Jennie Reed (USA)

Heat 5
1. Lori-Ann Muenzer (Canada) 12.234 (58.852km/h)
2. Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania)

Heat 6
1. Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) 12.119 (59.410km/h)
2. Willy Kanis (Netherlands)

Heat 7
1. Anna Meares (Australia) 12.110 (59.454km/h)
2. Clara Sanchez (France)

Heat 8
1. Kerrie Meares (Australia) 12.529 (57.466km/h)
2. Elisa Frisoni (Italy)



1/4 finals
Heat 1
1. Kerrie Meares (Australia) 12.040 (59.8km/h)
2. Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus) REL

Heat 2
1. Anna Meares (Australia) 12.208 (58.977km/h)
2. Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands)

Heat 3
1. Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) 12.181 (59.108km/h)
2. Shuang Guo (China)

Heat 4
1. Tamilia Abassova (Russia) 12.535 (57.439km/h)
2. Lori-Ann Muenzer (Canada)



Semi-final
Heat 1
1. Tamilia Abassova (Russia) 12.978 12.042
2. Kerrie Meares (Australia)

Heat 2
1. Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) 12.151 12.136
2. Anna Meares (Australia) 12.388

5th-8th final
5. Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus) 11.968 (60.16km/h)
6. Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands)
7. Lori-Ann Muenzer (Canada)
8. Shuang Guo (China)



FINALS
Gold/Silver
1. Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) 12.184 12.284
2. Tamilia Abassova (Russia)

Bronze
1. Anna Meares (Australia) 14.341 13.146
2. Kerrie Meares (Australia) 12.600